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“Shirt with the cross, sir,” the dirty man said

“Fifty gold on him then”

“Fifty, sir? This is the opening bout”

“Coer toward his own face “If I want your concern, I’ll fucking ask for it,” he whispered in the dirty man’s ear

The dirtyon a piece of paper, s tocoins from each one

“What did you give him that for?” Mara asked

Favian licked the paper of his next roll-up “A bet If the et one hundred coins back”

“What if he loses?”

“What do you fucking think? You really are as stupid as you look, aren’t you?”

The crowd cheered as the fight began, then immediately booed after the man with the cross on his back was knocked out with one punch

“Fucking scum,” Favian shouted “For fuck’s sake!”

Mara was happy Favian had lost fifty coins I hope you never win

The next fight was between two fat ht went on for a long tihed The ot them to stand back up a few times, but they always ended up back on the floor Eventually, the duke banged a block on the table It rery The two fat men were made to stand and face the table

“Fat bastards,” Favian said

A different high-class man from the table stood to speak “Either old coin fee, or return for armed combat in one week’s time”